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AWS athena documentation change

Service: athena · 2025-11-22 · Documentation low

File: athena/latest/ug/odbc-v2-driver-logging-options.md

Summary

Added detailed log levels (OFF/ERROR/WARN/INFO/DEBUG/TRACE) and performance note about logging

Security assessment

While improved logging can aid security monitoring, this change appears to be a general documentation improvement rather than addressing a specific security issue or adding security features.

Diff

diff --git a/athena/latest/ug/odbc-v2-driver-logging-options.md b/athena/latest/ug/odbc-v2-driver-logging-options.md
index 02b471552..0938bd0ff 100644
--- a//athena/latest/ug/odbc-v2-driver-logging-options.md
+++ b//athena/latest/ug/odbc-v2-driver-logging-options.md
@@ -13 +13 @@ Administrator rights are required to modify the settings described here. To make
-This option enables ODBC driver logs. In Windows, you can use the registry or a dialog box to enable or disable logging. The option is located in the following registry path:
+This option enables ODBC driver logs with different levels of detail. In Windows, you can use the registry or a dialog box to configure logging. The option is located in the following registry path:
@@ -17,0 +18,21 @@ This option enables ODBC driver logs. In Windows, you can use the registry or a
+The following log levels are available:
+
+  * `OFF` \- Logging is disabled
+
+  * `ERROR` \- Only error messages are logged
+
+  * `WARN` \- Warning messages and errors are logged
+
+  * `INFO` \- Informational messages, warnings, and errors are logged
+
+  * `DEBUG` \- Detailed debug information plus all lower level messages are logged
+
+  * `TRACE` \- Most detailed level of logging, includes all messages
+
+
+
+
+###### Note
+
+Each log level includes all messages from the levels below it. Higher log levels may impact performance and generate larger log files.
+
@@ -20 +41 @@ This option enables ODBC driver logs. In Windows, you can use the registry or a
-LogLevel | Optional | `0` | `LogLevel=1;`  
+LogLevel | Optional | `OFF` | `LogLevel=INFO;`